Leel v FBC Manby Bowdler LLP [2011] EWHC 90200
The recent decision in Leel v FBC Manby Bowdler LLP [2011] EWHC 90200 (Costs) should be of interest to parties involved in solicitor and own client costs disputes and considers whether there were was an agreement to deliver interim statute bills and ‘special circumstances’ within the meaning of Section 70(3) of the Solicitors Act 1974 to allow an assessment to proceed out of time.